Does anyone know where I can get this from in the UK please? I seem to have come to a deadend looking for this and I'm a little frustrated
Thanks Vanessa
Does anyone know where I can get this from in the UK please? I seem to have come to a deadend looking for this and I'm a little frustrated
Thanks Vanessa
Bridge of Stair?
Unless anyone comes up with a lost batch of stock, I've no idea. I've been trying to find out what's gone on at the quarry, but as I understand it the place is basically not producing anything and hasn't for some time. I know of someone who gathered water-worn stones from the river nearby; my efforts to persuade a friend of mine to go on a rock hound expedition for me haven't been fruitful.
...and now I'm thinking "road trip"
I've tried too. HS Walsh used to have some (only at the showroom though), but I think they're now gone.
There are a couple of possible alternatives though:
http://www.jewel-toolcraft.co.uk/Wat...apr_AQSNT.aspx
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shah-Stone...691#vi-content
I'd be up for the road trip Peter - but not in midwinter!!
Great thanks George - I'll look at those sites! V
Here's a confession:
My first teacher doted on Water of Ayr stones and I bought a small one some eighteen years ago. It sill lives in my tool box, hardly used, because while I found that it would rub away small blemishes, it worked very slowly and could leave unwanted hollows.
I have since used various emery boards and flexible nail buffers, sometimes cut to shape, from Boots Health and Beauty. I also like small pieces of Micro Mesh in various grits, glued to wooden coffee stirrers with superglue and then trimmed with a craft knife. Dennis.
I've got a few... I keep trying bits of slate to see if they behave the same, haven't found any yet. There are some Japanese water stones that are supposed to cut in a similar fashion - but the ones available in the UK are a bit too expensive to chop up as an experiment. A nagura stone from Axminster gave some interesting results, but it is much harder than WoA.
The soft nail buffers are a favourite of mine too; I tend to use contact cement on lolly sticks for small sanding sticks - the coffee stirrers at work are too flimsy!
oh that's disappointing... so it seems it's not available anymore then. What are good available substitutes then do you think?
I cant say I looked that hard I have been on net (as most things are found easily that way) I was only introduced to it this morning and got excited over it (I live a sad life but I cant help it lol)
I have some of this
I have some w.o.a stone and I also have w.o.a/t.o.a dual hone
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